Tiger barb

Tiger barb
Tiger barb schooling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Puntigrus
Species:
P. tetrazona
Binomial name
Puntigrus tetrazona
(Bleeker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Capoeta tetrazona Bleeker, 1855
  • Barbus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
  • Barbus tetrazona tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
  • Puntius tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
  • Systomus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
Tiger barb in an aquarium

The tiger barb or Sumatra barb (Puntigrus tetrazona), is a species of tropical cyprinid fish.